Dean West

Luis (The Wrangler) #1, Boca Raton

2021

Chandra - meaning the Hindu God of the Moon – as the image was taken in Sri Lanka The image was first gilded with copper then that was rubbed back to reveal most of the glass, and t...

Cape Cross, 2009 by John Reardon Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass This piece is part of (after) Whistlejacket - Contemporar...

"I am primarily driven by an exploration of colour and form. My objective is to bring an emotional is to bring an emotional element and aesthetic balance to my work." "It came to me in the middle of the night - as these things often do - that to incorporate gold leaf into the finished print would neatly encapsulate some of the elements I am trying to express. Its application would obviously have to be done by hand with all its attendant imperfections and mistakes. Kintsugi - the Japanese art of patching broken ceramics with gold - shares its aesthetic with Wabi Sabi." - Valda Bailey...

UNTITLED #5, 2021 Archival Pigment Print, Mounted on Aluminium Dibond, Framed with antireflective art glass 90 x 60 cm 91 x 61 cm - framed _ Overseas ship...

George McLeod Untitled #7, Tree Huggers from the Future, 2021 Archival Pigment Print, Mounted Dibond in custom frame; with Black Stained Oak and antire...

Cedars - A dense stand of western red cedar guard the path into the darkness beyond the lamplight. A gap in the foliage creates a void, an invitation to enter into an unknown and unc...

Paining like image of Dragon Blood Tree in Socotra - Yemen - 2020 by Guillaume Petermann Life Framer Photography Prize Winner, Category: The Face Of The...

Truth, 2017 Print on Museum Glass, Hand gilded with Lemon and Moon Gold 31 x 31 cm/ 12.2 x 12.2 in (custom framed) Edition of 5 This print is from a series of images made from a collection of honesty seeds gathered at the end of baking hot summer... The papery enclosures are like parchment through which the light filters with a pale gold delicacy." The beauty of the pieces printed on glass are truly revealed when seen in the flesh, which shimmer in the daylight and change constantly as different light sources are reflected off the print. "My fascination with colour goes back a long way. One of my earliest creative recollections has me sitting at a table endlessly mixing paints in a valiant but ultimately futile attempt to 'invent a new colour'. It was an imperative that kept me occupied for some time as I recall. The result was always the same - and unedifying fudge of pale peach and silver." - Valda Bailey...

"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends." - Okakura Kakuzo Calla Lilies - flower study, originally taken on medium format Fujichrome transp...

"An image taken in Pushkar during what was to be a memorable trip and the last link with normality before the pandemic took hold. We travelled around India, the days becoming more and more precious as we got the sense of Covid's restrictive net closing in around the world. The image was finished some months later, while fully in the grasp of a second lockdown. The addition of gold leaf symbolised for me a sense of hope and the spiritual energy with which I will always associate India, and especially Pushkar." - Valda Bailey...